INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
accounts by actresses Saloni Chopra and Rachel White and journalist Karishma Upadhyay, has been suspended by the Indian Film Television
Directors' Association for a year, reports news agency ANI
The film body issued a notice to the director in October this year and sent him a letter, which demanded an explanation for his alleged
In November, IFTDA announced that they will take a decision regarding the sexual harassment charges made against Sajid Khan within a week
In a previous interview, IFTDA President Ashoke Pandit, told PTI: "As far as Sajid's case is concerned, we have heard both the parties,
ICC will sit in a week's time and take a call on the judgement and the federation will be there, along with the lawyers."In the wake of the
allegations made against him, Sajid Khan stepped down as the director of Housefull 4 in October and he was replaced by Farhad Samji
The 48-year-old filmmaker, citing his decision to step down as a "moral responsibility," released a statement on Twitter
He wrote: "In the wake of the allegations against me and the pressure being put on my family, my producer and the stars of my film Housefull
4, I must take the moral responsibility of stepping down from my directorial post, till the time I can allay the allegations and prove the
actresses Saloni Chopra and Rachel White and journalist Karishma Upadhyay
Ms Chopra, who once worked with the director, accused him of harassing her mentally, emotionally and sexually
In her account, Rachel White, alleged that the director asked her to "seduce him in 5 minutes" for a role, while Karishma Upadhyay claimed
that Sajid Khan tried to "forcibly kiss" her when she was trying to leave the room.Besides Sajid Khan, other prominent Bollywood
personalities such as Alok Nath, Subhash Ghai, Vikas Bahl and Kailash Kher have also been outed as alleged sexual predators in #MeToo
accounts.The #MeToo movement gained momentum in Bollywood after actress Tanushree Dutta revived a decade-old case of sexual harassment
Tanushree Dutta accused actor Nana Patekar of sexually harassing her ten years ago, while she was shooting for a special song for the 2008
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